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Detectives said they were still determining Thursday...

April 29, 1994

Des Plaines — Detectives said they were still determining Thursday whether to file charges against a Des Plaines couple whose drunken fight ended with a woman stabbing her husband in the abdomen. The condition of the husband, 40, was described as "not life-threatening" at Lutheran General Hospital, Park Ridge, police said. The couple had been drinking in their home in the 800 block of East Oakton Street from about 5 to 11 p.m. Tuesday, when the wife, 40, was struck repeatedly by her husband, she said. She told police she grabbed a kitchen knife and stabbed him. The husband said he did not wish to press charges, police said. The woman showed signs of abuse, police said.